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Cellularity Measurements

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Adipose tissue (AT) makes up 10–30% of body weight in normal-weight individuals, but its mass can vary from as little as 3–5% of body wt in lean, athletic subjects to 70% of body wt in very obese subjects.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Mario DiGirolamo & Jacqueline B. Fine

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  1. Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France

    Gérard Ailhaud

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DiGirolamo, M., Fine, J.B. (2001). Cellularity Measurements. In: Ailhaud, G. (eds) Adipose Tissue Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 155. Springer, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-231-7:065

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